Thursday, March 22, 2012

On The Go - A MBS Tutorial - Oh and TNT

Oh my goodness, am I excited about this new Moda Bake Shop Tutorial!!!! I fell in love with the Ten Little Things line the minute I saw it. I mean how often do you get fabric lines that just scream All Boy!!! So I really tried to create a design that was in turn, All Boy.

I did some cute applique on the back that is part of the tutorial as well. I just love the cars print and so I had to throw in a car applique as well :)

And remember the new quilting design I showed on TNT a few weeks ago. Well here it is again, but a whole lot easier to see :) It really was a fun design to do and once I got the hang of it it wen't really fast :) And I just love how it fits the "On The Go" theme and looks more boyish.

And now that this
Moda Bake Shop Tutorial has been published for a while, I can now post it here
on my blog for your convenience ;) So just follow along
below for the full step-by-step tutorial. And if you love it, you can get
the printer friendly version here :)

All Right . . . Let’s get going! To make your own On The Go baby boy quilt you will need:

For pieces for the small arrow select 18 prints from your first charm pack and then gather the same 18 prints from your second charm pack. From the first set of prints cut a 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ square out of each charm. From the second set of prints cut a 3 1/2″ x 3″ piece out of each charm. Set squares aside.

For pieces for the large arrow select another 18 prints from your first charm pack and then gather the same 18 prints from your second charm pack. From the first set of prints cut a 4″ x 4″ square out of each charm. From the second set of prints cut a 3 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ piece out of each charm.

You should now have 18 squares of each of the 4 designated sizes. (2 piles for the small arrow, and 2 piles for the large arrow) Great :) Let’s keep cutting!

*** Note… Sew all of step 2 assembly line fashion. For each part of the direction repeat the process 18 times and when stitching make sure to chain stitch, this will save a lot of time :)

We will start with the Large arrows. So grab your pile of 4″ x 4″ cut charms and your 4″ x 4″ white squares. Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the back of the charm. Place the charm with right sides together on a white square. Pin along either side of the drawn line. Sew a 1/4″ seam on either side the drawn line by chain stitching all 18 left hand seams, clip your threads, and then go back and chain stitch all 18 right hand seams and clip your threads.

Cut down the drawn line. (you can use your rotary cutter or scissors, whatever is easier for you) Press your seam towards the charm fabric.

Now you should have 36 HST’s and they are ready to be trimmed up. Using the diagonal on your ruler trim the HST’s down to 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. If you are unsure how to trim your HST’s please see the tutorial I have here for help :)

Now we are ready to make the arrow points. Take your 2 HST’s of the same print and lay them out as follows. Place the left HST onto the right HST with right sides together. Pin if you desire. Stitch a 1/4″ seam along the pinned edge. Clip your threads and press seams open to reduce bulk.

And for the bottom of the arrows, grab your 18 print 3 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ print rectangles and your 36 1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ white rectangles. Lay them out as follows. Lay a white rectangle onto the left hand side of a cut charm with right sides together. Stitch a 1/4″ seam along the edge. Repeat the same process on the right hand side. Clip threads and press towards charm print.

And now you can put your arrows together. Match your arrow point prints to your arrow square prints and layout as follow. Lay the square print piece onto the point print piece and pin. Sew a 1/4″ seam along the edge. Press the seam open to avoid bulk. You should now have 18 Large Arrows :) Set them aside.

Onto the small arrows, These are made in the same fashion with just a minor change. So grab your small arrow pieces ((18) 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ cut charms, (18) 3 1/2″ x 3″ charms, and (36) 1 1/2″ x 3″ white rectangles) and use the same steps you used to create the small arrows. The only difference being that when you trim your HST’s trim them to 3″ x 3″. You should now have 18 small arrows.

Now you can add the small arrow sashing. Retrieve your small arrow sashing pieces. ((18) 1 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ rectangles and (18) 1 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ rectangles. ) Choose any side of the block to start on. Lay a small sashing piece onto the side with right sides together. Stitch a 1/4″ seam along the edge. Press the seam towards the white. Now lay the long sashing piece along the bottom of the block with right sides together. Stitch a 1/4″ seam along the edge. Press the seam towards the white.

I tried to make sure that I was creating 4 – 5 blocks pointing each way. This gives you a lot more flexibility when laying out your quilt to make it look more random :) And now your arrows are done.

STEP 3 : BUILDING THE BLOCKS

With your arrows, you can low build your blocks. For each block you will need 2 small sashed arrows, and 2 large arrows. Lay them out taking care that the sashing pieces of the small arrows are on the inside of the block and opposite corners, as shown. Point your large arrows any direction you choose. You will be making 9 blocks this way so you can lay them all out and piece your blocks assembly line or do them individually :)

Lay the left hand block onto the right hand block on both the top and bottom rows. Pin along the edge. Stitch a 1/4″ seam along the pinned edge. Clip threads and press towards the small arrow sashing. (This will allow you to nest your seams in the next step.)

Now lay your top row onto your bottom row with right sides together. Pin taking care to nest your center seam. Sew a 1/4″ seam along pinned edge. Press seam open to avoid bulk. You now should have 9 12 1/2″ unfinished blocks.

STEP 4 : PIECING THE TOP

Take your 9 blocks and quilt top sashing pieces (your remaining white cut strips) and lay them out as follows. Play around with the placement of your arrow blocks until you get a look that is pleasing to you. I find it best to take a picture of my layout that I can refer back to :)

For each block, place the small row sashing pieces onto the arrow blocks with right sides together (see row 1). Pin if you desire. Stitch a 1/4″ seam along the edges (see row 2). Press the seams towards the sashing (see row3).

Now to sew the rows together. For each row, place block 1 onto block 2 with right sides together. Pin along edge. Sew a 1/4″ seam along pinned edge. (see row 1). Place block 3 onto your now sewn together block 1 and 2 , pin along the edge, and sew a 1/4″ seam along the pinned edge (see row 2). Press your seams towards the sashing (see row 3).

And now to add the sashing to the rows. Same process as before, just on a longer scale. Place the sashings along the edge of the row with right sides together (see row 1). Stitch a 1/4″ seam along edge and then trim excess sashing. (see row 2). Press towards the sashing (see row 3).

And now finally, just sewing the rows together. Once again, same as making the rows just on a longer scale. Place row 1 onto row 2 with right sides together. Pin along the edge taking care to match up your seams. Sew a 1/4″ seam along the pinned edge. Press towards the sashing. Then repeat the process laying your row 3 onto your now sewn together row 1 and 2, pin, sew, and press.

And your top is just about complete. Doesn’t it just look so fun :) Now you are ready to add the borders so go ahead and grab those 4 3″ border strips you cut.

Lay the strips along the top and bottom of the quilt top with right sides together. Stitch a 1/4″ seam along the edge, (I don’t use pins, I just align as I go) and the trim the excess border fabric.

Repeat the same process for the 2 sides. And now your quilt top is done!!!

STEP 5 : MAKING THE PIECED BACKING

Grab your 1 1/2 yard backing fabric and trim it down to 50″ x Width of fabric. Then go ahead and subcut it into 2 pieces by cutting off a 12″ strip from the selvage side. Lay the 2 pieces along with your 6″ x 6″ backing square and your 6″ x WOF pieced backing strip out as follows.

Sew the 6″ square to the bottom of the 6″ x WOF strip to create your applique space. You can download the templates here. Cut, adhere, and secure stitch your applique.

Once your applique is done, go ahead and sew the 3 rows of your pieced quilt back together. You do this the same way you sewed your quilt top rows together only this time it is vertical instead of horizontal :)

STEP 6 : FINISHING IT UP

So now it is time
to turn that finished quilt top into a finished Quilt ;) Time to
Baste It, Quilt It, and Bind It!!! Which is a whole lot in one
little sentence. If you are new to quilting, you can see my Finishing Your Quilt Series of video tutorials that will walk you through Basting,
Quilting, and Binding step by step ;)

And you are done!!!! And you have One Super Adorable ON THE GO Baby Boy Blanket measuring 46″ x 46″ perfect for a special little guy!!!!

With a totally all boy pieced back that you know they are just going to want to snuggle up with.

I hope you have
enjoyed this tutorial and if you make your own On The Go Quilt I would love to see
it!! You can email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com,
post it to social media with #happyquiltingwithmc or or add it to
my flickr group here ;) I can't wait to see your On the Go Quilts!!!

So that is what I was up to this week. How about you??? Go ahead and link up your TNT !!

I saw that this morning but was in too much of a rush getting out the door to actually read it and see it was by you. Congrats. It is really adorable. I'll be saving it for sure for the next baby boy that I hear is on the way.

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